KEIRON Cunningham said it was poignant Jordan Turner scored Saints’ winning try on Thursday night – but pointed to a massive squad effort too.
“I’d have taken the draw to be honest!” he said. “I’m not sure the game deserved a loser at times. Both sides were great for a period, the defences were good too. They are so quick around the middle and have four dummy runners coming at you that at times we had to survive.
“We did that, had some subs left towards the end and they did a great job. I knew we would do something – I knew we would get a crack at something at the end and we did. I am really happy with the win and the two points.
“But the performance was the biggest thing for me. We never gave up.
“We have players here that are more than able to express themselves with the ball. Quinlan turned up on everything and reinforced why he is here and I thought it was good how we moved the ball after we made the break too.
“But all credit to Jordan Turner. Our left edge has come under some flack over the last couple of weeks and it was poignant he put the ball down to win the game.”
He continued: “I thought Mark Flanagan was massive. He grounded the ball after Turner had made that wonderful tackle. We did the little things we have have been missing over recent weeks and in the end we found a way to win the game. Our fight for each other on both sides of the ball was phenomenal because for large portions of the game we were on the back foot.
“We lost Jon Wilkin to a thumb injury. We don’t know the extent yet. It hurt us time wise as he can do 80 minutes for you. Mark Flanagan went through a lot of pain tonight for the side and played 80 minutes.
“He was phenomenal; he work rate was up there. Yes he doesn’t make 100 metre breaks that everyone likes but he works hard and tides up for us. He did a great job for us.”
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